My foster kitties have been adopted (Yay!). Until I get new foster kitties, I’ll be featuring some of the other wonderful homeless kitties from City Kitties. This is Norton. Norton came to City Kitties after a hard life on the streets. He is very shy and he takes a bit of time to warm up to humans and other animals, but once he decides things are OK, he loves to come around for some scratches and treats! Could this shy boy be the purr-fect kitty for you? If so, contact City Kitties and fill out an adoption application form.
We have some excellent news! Max and Angel are going to their new adoptive home! We got a wonderful adoption application for this dynamic duo. We are so happy that they have found a furr-ever home. Don’t worry, there are still plenty of kitties at City Kitties that need homes. Check out the adoptions page to view available kitties. In addition to the kitties listed there, new cats are coming in all the time. There are currently two kitties at the Vet being checked out before moving into foster homes, and we are expecting a bunch of new kitties to come in next week. I shouldn’t be fosterless for long. ADOPT-A-LOL will be featuring some new homeless kitties as soon as I find out more about my new foster kitties!
Angel is a real sweetheart who will obviously put up with a lot (including reindeer ears). lucky Angel has an adoption pending! But there are plenty of adoptable kitties at City Kitties and fill out an application. Hopefully next week I will have a new foster or kitty (or two) to feature on my blog!
Max has an adoption pending! Isn’t that great news? But if you are looking for the purr-fect cat for you, there are plenty more West Philly rescues at City Kitties!
After Max and Angel lost their homes in a horrible West Philly apartment fire it looked like they were down on their luck. But City Kitties rescued Max and Angel from ACCT and now they have just been given an amazing opportunity! City Kitties has an wonderful relationship with Baltimore Pet Shoppe (a fantastic locally owned pet store in West Philly). Baltimore Pet Shoppe helps City Kitties gain more exposure for their needy foster kitties by allowing City Kitties to use their front window to showcase homeless cats and kittens.
Every three weeks (or less if the window kitty gets adopted) a new City Kitty gets the lucky spot in the Baltimore Pet Shoppe Window. This time, Max and Angel were the lucky kitties selected for this honor! Do you know what that means? It means that if you want to meet these very special kitties, you can visit them at 4532 Baltimore Ave in Philadelphia!
Congrats to Max and Angel for getting this honored spot. We hope the extra exposure helps them find their forever home! As always, if you are interested in adopting Max and Angel, you can contact City Kitties to fill out an adoption application.
When I started this blog, I wasn’t sure if anyone would read it. I wasn’t sure if it would help Max & Angel. I wasn’t sure if I was funny enough to make lolcats. And I’ve always been self conscious about my writing. So it was wonderfully surprising to find that people actually DO read my blog (you guys should comment – it would make me feel better). And I thank all my readers. But this post is to thank one special reader who has done something amazing.
As some of you may have noticed, there is a little link/icon about City Kitties annual art auction over there on the left. This is an event where talented artists donate original art to City Kitties, and we throw a huge party and auction it off to the highest bidder — all to benefit stray cats and kittens. A blog reader all the way from Ireland read my posts about Max and Angel. She also clicked on my links and read about City Kitties, and their art auction. And she sent me four pieces of original art for our auction all the way from Ireland.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I appreciate your generousity. City Kitties appreciates your generousity. All the cats who are helped because of the art auction appreciate your generousity. Thank you!
Don’t worry! Angel isn’t really a grumpy kitty! She is a snuggly sweetheart. If you think she might be the right snuggly sweetheart for your home, contact City Kitties and fill out an adoption application.
(VIDEO OF ANGEL MEETING RESIDENT DOG AT END OF POST)
I’m not really a rule follower. I don’t read the instructions when assembling IKEA furniture. But there is one thing that I am pretty strict about: Introducing new pets. This is because the results can be disastrous. First impressions are important, and we don’t want our foster kitties to hate our resident puppies!
Max and Angel have been here a week. They spent the first three days confined to a single room with their litter box. This helped them get used the sounds and smells of our house without becoming overwhelmed (and also to always know where the litter box was – we wouldn’t want them to get lost and not be able to find it!). Then we expanded their domain to the whole upstairs. Both Max and Angel were excited to have more space and thoroughly explored every nook and cranny.
Finally, it was time to start the puppy introduction process. Instead of leaving the door between the upstairs (Cat Land) and downstairs (Dog Land) closed, we put up a baby gate with a cat door in it. Max wanted no part of this and even his favorite wand toy couldn’t tempt him to go down the stairs near the gate to Dog Land.
Angel was a much braver explorer and started making small excursions into Dog Land (running back when chased, or overwhelmed). But she continued venturing forth and with a little more time, I’m pretty sure she will do very well with the resident dogs. Max might take a LONG time. He seems pretty frightened of dogs.
Max in an orange and white bundle of dynamite! He loves chasing his wand toy around, following his “sister” Angel around the house, scratching on his cardboard scratching post and generally exploring his new foster home. He loves to snuggle and he purrs constantly. Max is a top-notch lap-sitter, but he doesn’t really like to be picked up.
Max loves attention and sometimes gives Angel too much attention. When she is sleeping he will lay down on top of her and give her kisses. This sometimes makes her grumpy. But usually she enjoys snuggling with him. Max is such a wonderful social boy. If you think you might be the right home for Max, submit an application to City Kitties!
Adopt Max or Angel
If you would like to adopt Max or Angel, please contact City Kitties
City Kitties is a 501(c)3 non-profit, no-kill cat rescue dedicated to saving and improving the lives of stray cats in the West Philadelphia area.
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